The Republican journal., 1887-06-23
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.

The Belfast Board of Health organized Monday
by the choice of II. p. Thompson, president, and
l.. T. Shales, secretary.
The proprietor of hotel in this city was rccert
ly offered and refused SIS per week for the use of
a room in which to sell liquor.
The U. S. coast survey steamer Get!ncy has CON-
pleted her work i'll this vicinity, and left Friday
morning for PASSPORT to make a survey of the st.
CroX river.
Mr.. +. e. Rockwell dealer in organs and Mr..
Nv. Pote, International Express recently burned
| out in the Phoenix Row fire, have taken rooms up
| stairs In the George Wells storc next to Mark An
| drcws.
| Mr.. L. F. Hanson, of this city, has introduced
new and easy riding vehicle called the Coldwater
Cart. 1t is a cross between q two wheeled chaisc
and racing gig, and is designed for one person.
The trustees of the Waldo county agricultural
society held meeting at the Park Saturday after
noon. II was decided to hold the county fair Octc
Der 4th aud 9Th. Some fence was built and
lhe work will bc pushed forward to completion.
| The track will be put in good addition for a trot
on July zth. Adj ourued 20 meet at the Park Satur-
day aftel noop, July 2od.
Steamer Lucy z. Miller nom New York for Ban
gor, arrived here Saturday NOR, hing and landed
some height at Swan & Sbcy's wharf, including
quantity of leather for Crchett 4 Sibey. The
steamer had on board $50 Italians to be forwarded
| from Bangor to Greenyille to work on the Mcgantc
railroad. They were fine looking lot of laborers.
The steamer brought them down for 81 per head
and will bring another lot next trip.
One day last week Mr.. futile of this city photo
graphed together two women who said they were
cousins, and that their maiden names were the
| samc-Betsy Fairfield Dow. One is Il Mrs Mad-
| docks and resides in Belfast aud the other Mrs.
| Kelley of Phillips. One weighed PA pounds and
| the other 264 pounds. Both were born on the
| fifteenth of December, but one is ten years older
than the other This is cci ainly remarkable com.
| bination of facts.
| EXCURSION TO VERONA. As will be seen by
| advertisement ir another column there will 1e an
excursion tC Verona July 4th. This is far enough
TO auoid delight I'll sail and yet not so distant as
TO be mt allwearisome Verona Park is a beautiful
| spot centrally located, people will probably
come rom all directions to enjoy the grand festival
| that is being inaugurated there for the coming
Fourth rnder the auspices OF the grangers. The
programme for the day is undoubtedly very fine
one.
Welded. very quiet but happy wedding
party assembled at the residence of William &.
Coz, in this city, Saturday evening. The grooml
was Mr.. Clarence II. Billings, merelait tailor of
Boston, and the bride was Mrs. Annette b. Collins,
daughter of the late DR.. n. r. Eeau, of Searsmont.
Mrs. Beau now resides in Belfast. Tue ceremony
was performed by Rev. Geo L. Tufts, in the pres
ence of the family and few invited guests. The
lHt
NJ. and Mrs. Billings with invited friends, took a
| wedding dinner at the Windsor House. Mrs Bill
iD3s isa sis.er of Mrs. Cox. Monday Mr. and
Mrs. u. lea for Winthrop, Mass, where The groom
| has naier residence.
REDUCED FRIGHT TAG.tF. Mr.. f. +. Crow
ley, Belfast agent OF the Maine Central railroad,
| has received letter from Mr.. W. 5. Eaton gener-
al freight agent, which reads "Recent decisions
| of the Interstate commerce commissioners give
us the right TO name low rates between Boston and
| Belfast il competition with the steamer line which
is not subject to tue provisions of the Interstate
commerce law. You can name the following rates
from Boston to Belfast, Maine Central classical
| ton-iirst class so cts per hundred; second class,
20 cts. per huntrcd third class, 10 cts. per hun
bred and fourth class, l2ls cts. per hundred. We
| cannot make contracts as rates must be open and
| the same to al' On some freight the rate is even
lower than before the recent rise, and on the whole
| they arc about the same as before the Inter State
| law went into force.
| STEAMER NOTES. The City of Gloucester, char
tered by the Il. 4 b. S. Co. freight boat, made
| her last trip from Bangor to Boston Friday the
| l1h The Lewiston will come on the route next
| month DIR. Walton has had a good offer fol- the
Electa from Cape Breton parties, but says he has
placed the boat on the CASTING and Belfast route to
stay. She is now doing good business. =. The
| Mary Morgan brought an excursion party down
| river from Bangor Sunday and made landings at
| Castlne, lslesboro and Northport Camp Ground.
| 1.-The Gypsc Is running between Bangor and
| Winterport, going down at night and returning in
| the morning, connecting with all the trains. The
fare is 30 cents one way 60 cents for the round
trip lit is reported that Boston parties have
! bought the steamer Gree to run between Isle au
| liaut and Green's Landing, Deer Isle, and to carry
excursions from the club house. She will be com
| mnded by Capt. c. II. Chaplin. 1.-The steamers
and barge of Ross 4 Howell will make excursions
| this summer as usual ....July 4th the Tug Howell
and Barge Clifford will make an excursion from
Belfast and immediate landings to the Grange Fcs-
tival at Verona Park and tine same day the Ralph
Ross will run to Verona Park from Hampden.
| ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Miss Alta Pendleton,
| formerly of Stockton, attempted suicide in this
city last Friday morning by jumping overheard
| from the steamboat wharf. MI. Howard Conant
says that about O'Clock while in the office he
| noticed young woman walk down the wharf
| There was but one other person on the wharf at
| the time, a man who was on the east side of the
building and unseen by the woman. 1t was about
| thn Sli -b,,f I,.lc
down. The woman walked down the slip and the
top of her hat was visible to Mr. Conant but final.
| ly the hat disappeared and he heard a splash in
| the water. He then knew that the woman was
overheard and gave an alarm Throwing over
| board the gang plank he ran on board the SCH Mel
lie $. Pickering, which was lying at the north side
of the wharf, for help. Capt. Flowers lowered his
boat and sent crew to the rescue In the mean.
| time Mr.. Charles Perkins, who lives on Union
| street, had hear, the cutlery and ran down to the
! wharf, and jumping overheard caught hold of the
drowning girl. Mr. Perkins was nearly exhausted
| by his long run and when the boat reached them
| was almost as far gone as the girl Both were
| picked up and carried to the shore. When the
young woman realized that she was rescued she
said "What did you save me for? Why didn't YOU
let me DROWN" Mr.. Conant accompanied the girl
| to Mr. Jerany's on Bay View street where she was
| stopping Some Triggers at work in a building near
the wharf said they noticed the girl when she came
| down. She was apparently metlitating and once
turned back, but shortly afterwards retraced her
| steps and passed on down the wharf. The cause
of her rash act is not fully explained Her friends
| say that she bought an organ on the installmept
| plan and was being pressed for the payment, but
this does not seem to be sufficient motive for sui
! eide. Probably her brain was affected. Miss Pen
| dlcton went home to Stockton Monday
| SHIPPING ITEMS. The steamer Mount Waldo.
| having in tow the dism,sted schooner Penobscot.
arrived at this port last Thursday morning from
| New York. The Penobscot is hard booking wreck
and has been visited by many The starboard
bow will have to be rctimbercd out and other re-
pairs include new upper portion of stem, new
| forward deck, cutwater and some carlines for
| ward, besides new spars sails and rigging. She
1snOw in Carters dock Sch Prescott HaZeltine
has been launched from the railway thoroughly
| repaired and looks like new vessel. gentle
| man was In town last week to buy her and offered
| a handsome bonus. ..Sch. Nettie Langdon of
| Jacksonville was taken on the marine railway
| Friday and was recalked and painted. :. Steamer
| Mount Waldo, which has just discharged a cargo
of coal for Swan \ Siblcy, of this city, is the first
steam vessel to bring a cargo of coal to Belfast
The sch. John G. Smith, of Belfast, in coming
down the PenobscOt river Sunday hauled along.
| side of Sch Louisa Smith, of Brooksyillc, and the
two vessels were lowed down side nv side IOuisa